Good governance means having structures and processes in place which ensure that the organisation’s decisions and actions show accountability, transparency and are in the best interest of the service users and community we serve.

Voluntary Board Members

• Mary Mc Caughey (Interim Chairperson)
• Ciaran Walsh, Treasurer
• Kathleen Durkin, Company Secretary
• Niamh Mc Cabe (Human Resources)
• Zoe Donnelly (Community Representative)

 

Board Vacancies

We are currently recruiting board members and have the following vacancies on our Board of Management, should you be interested in applying please complete the expression of interest form and send to anthea.carry@drop.ie along with your CV:
Board Member with Clinical Expertise
Board Member with Fundraising Expertise
Board Member with Legal Expertise
Board Member
Expression of Interest Form

Funders

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Outreach Project CLG is a company limited by guarantee and has been approved by the Revenue Commissioners for charitable status.  Our registered charities number is 200646.  The organisation is funded at the discretion of the Government Departments, namely the Health Service Executive and the Department of Social Protection.  DROP also receives grants from time to time from various sources some examples being the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Drug and Alcohol Task Force, the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and the Department of Justice Court Services.

Overview of governance achievements

DROP engage in ongoing goverance reviews to ensure continues compliance with Charities Governance Code and report annually on Compliance to the Charities Regulatory Authority.

We are signed up to the ICTR’s Statement of Guiding Principles of Fundraising and have met all their criteria in relation to our fundraising policies and procedures.

The Quality Improvement & Risk Management Sub-committee, which consists of both Board Members and Staff from all levels in the organisation, are tasked with the review and implmentation of Quality Standards in Alcohol & Drug Services (QuADS) which are now the National Standards for Better Safer Healthcare* suite of organisational policies and procedures. The aim of the adoption of these policies is to develop a clear set of policies and procedures which are good practice and sector compliant. The implementation process involves the review and development of organisational policies in the areas of Governance, Human Resources, Operations and Service User related while assessing the current practices of the organisation in line with the National Standards for Better Safer Healthcare to ensure that organisation is constantly striving for increased quality.

In 2012, with the support of the DLR Drug & Alcohol Task Force and EncludeIT a custom built Client Relationship Management (eCASS) System was developed for DROP and was implemented in 2013. This system allows us collate all our service user data in one safe and secure place and allows us track and report on client numbers and outcomes.

 

List of our key policies for download

Code of Practice
Corporate & Financial Policy
Financial-Policy-And-Procedure
Public-Procurement-Capital-Expenditure-Policy
Policy & Procedure on Payroll
Reserves Policy
Governance Handbook
Fundraising-Policy (Currently under review)

Audited Accounts

2024 Annual Financial Statements
2023 Annual Financial Statements
2022 Annual Financial Statements
2021 Annual Financial Statements
2020 Annual Financial Statements
2019 Annual Financial Statements
2018 Annual Financial Statements

 

 *The National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare are the quality standards framework developed by Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in 2012. These National Standards apply to all healthcare services (excluding mental health) provided or funded by the HSE including, but not limited to, addiction services.